In a message dated 4/25/2006 8:11:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I'm content to let it remain a mystery. Like many other things, I don't > think that whether or not it is literal truth would make any difference in > the way I live my life. I often wonder what it is that literalists do > differently because they take a version of the creation story literally (I > say a version because the Bible has more than one). What difference does it > make, really? > > What does make a difference is that idea, which I embrace, that creation is > an ongoing act of God, here, now, in this moment and those to come. > > ok - but of course it cannot be the literal truth. Do you see god as an active agent or something like Spinoza's god, that is the world is a manifestation of god - all things are - but god is nature and does act as an "individual" outside of nature _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
